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Evaluation’’]. Persons submitting 

comments electronically should not 

submit paper copies. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, publishes that notice 

containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: April 2, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Planning, Evaluation and 

Policy Development 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: Study of Education Data 

Systems and Decision Making. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs; Federal 

Government. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 1,494. 

Burden Hours: 1,207. 

Abstract: The purpose of the study is 

to examine the prevalence, use, and 

outcomes of education data systems for 

accountability, assessment, and 

instructional improvement purposes. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 3263. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20202–4700. Requests 

may also be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–

245–6623. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 7, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, 

Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are 

encouraged to submit responses 

electronically by e-mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or via fax 

to (202) 395–6974. Commenters should 

include the following subject line in 

their response ‘‘Comment: [insert OMB 

number], [insert abbreviated collection 

name, e.g., ‘‘Upward Bound 

Evaluation’’]. Persons submitting 

comments electronically should not 

submit paper copies. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, publishes that notice 

containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: April 2, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: What Works Clearinghouse 

Database Forms and Customer Surveys. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household (primary); businesses or 

other for-profit; not-for-profit 

institutions; Federal Government; State, 

Local, or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 7,273. 

Burden Hours: 861. 

Abstract: The What Works 

Clearinghouse (WWC) public 

submission databases will allow 

members of the public to submit 

nominations for studies, interventions, 

and topics that they would like the 

WWC to review. The evaluator database 

will enable the WWC to provide the 

public with a directory of available 

outcomes evaluators. Data from the 

customer surveys will be used to create 

indicators of how successfully the WWC 

is meeting the needs of various groups 

of its users. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 3273. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20202–4700. Requests 

may also be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–


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245–6623. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov 540–776–7742. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8339. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools 

Overview Information; Readiness and 

Emergency Management for Schools 

Grant Program; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2007 

Note: The title of the Emergency Response 

and Crisis Management grant program has 

been revised to Readiness and Emergency 

Management for Schools to reflect 

terminology used in the emergency 

management field. Hereafter, the grant 

program under CFDA 84.184E will be 

referred to as the Readiness and Emergency 

Management for Schools grant program. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.184E 

Dates: Applications Available: April 

6, 2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 21, 2007. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 24, 2007. 

Eligible Applicants: Local educational 

agencies (LEAs). 

Note: The Secretary is limiting eligibility 

under the Readiness and Emergency 

Management for Schools grant competition 

(CFDA Number 84.184E) to applicants that 

do not currently have an active grant under 

this program. For the purpose of this 

eligibility requirement, a grant is considered 

active until the end of the grant’s project or 

funding period, including any extensions of 

those periods that extend the grantee’s 

authority to obligate funds (71 FR 70369). 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$24,000,000. Contingent upon the 

availability of funds and the quality of 

applications, the Secretary may make 

additional awards later in FY 2007 and 

in FY 2008 and subsequent years from 

the rank-ordered list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$100,000—$500,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$100,000 for small districts (1–20 school 

facilities); $250,000 for medium-sized 

districts (21–75 school facilities); and 

$500,000 for large districts (76 or more 

school facilities). 

Estimated Number of Awards: 73. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 18 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Readiness 

and Emergency Management for Schools 

(REMS) grant competition supports 

efforts by LEAs to improve and 

strengthen their school emergency 

management plans, including training 

school personnel and students in 

emergency response procedures; 

communicating emergency plans and 

procedures with parents; and 

coordinating with local law 

enforcement, public safety, public 

health, and mental health agencies. 

Priorities: These priorities are from (1) 

the notice of final priorities and other 

application requirements for this 

program, published in the Federal 

Register on June 21, 2005 (70 FR 35652) 

and (2) the notice of final priorities 

published in the Federal Register on 

May 11, 2006 (71 FR 27576). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2007 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards based on the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only those 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Improvement and Strengthening of 

School Emergency Management Plans 

This priority supports local 

educational agency (LEA) projects to 

improve and strengthen emergency 

management plans, at the district and 

school-building level addressing the 

four phases of emergency management: 

Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness, 

Response, and Recovery. Plans must 

include: (1) Training for school 

personnel and students in emergency 

management procedures; (2) 

Coordination with local law 

enforcement, public safety, public 

health, and mental health agencies; and 

(3) A method for communicating school 

emergency management policies and 

reunification procedures to parents and 

guardians. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2007, and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards based on the list 

of unfunded applicants from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award an 

additional 10 points to an application 

that meets Priority 1 and we award an 

additional 5 points to an application 

that meets Priority 2. Applications that 

qualify for Priorities 1 and 2 will receive 

points only under Priority 1. 

These priorities are: 

Priority 1—Competitive Preference 

Priority for LEAs That Have Not 

Previously Received a Grant Under 

the REMS Program (CFDA 84.184E) 

and Are Located in an Urban Areas 

Security Initiative Jurisdiction 

Under this priority, we give a 

competitive preference to applications 

from local educational agencies (LEAs) 

that (1) have not yet received a grant 

under this program (CFDA 84.184E) and 

(2) are located in whole or in part 

within Urban Areas Security Initiative 

(UASI) jurisdictions, as determined by 

the U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS). An applicant must meet 

both of these criteria in order to receive 

the competitive preference. Under a 

consortium application, all members of 

the LEA consortium need to meet both 

criteria to be eligible for the preference. 

Applications submitted by educational 

service agencies (ESAs) are eligible 

under this priority if each LEA to be 

served by the grant is located within a 

UASI jurisdiction and has not received 

funding under this program directly, or 

as the lead agency or as a partner in a 

consortium; however the ESA itself may 

have received a previous grant. 

Because DHS’ determination of UASI 

jurisdictions may change from year to 

year, applicants under this priority must 

refer to the most recent list of UASI 

jurisdictions published by DHS when 

submitting their applications. 

Note: The Governor of each State has 

designated a State Administrative Agency 

(SAA) as the entity responsible for applying 

for, and administering, funds under the 

Department of Homeland Security Grant 

Program (which includes the UASI program). 

The SAA is also responsible for defining the 

geographic borders for jurisdictions included 

in the UASI program. Guidance on 

jurisdiction definitions can be found at: 

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/ 

grants_hsgp.htm. 

Priority 2—Competitive Preference 

Priority for LEAs That Have Not 

Previously Received a Grant Under 

the REMS Program (CFDA 84.184E) 

Under this priority, we give 

competitive preference to applications 

from local educational agencies (LEAs) 

that have not previously received a 

grant under this program (CFDA 

84.184E). Applicants (other than 

educational service agencies (ESAs)) 

that have received funding under this 

program directly, or as the lead agency 

or as a partner in a consortium 

application under this program, will not 


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